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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`ORACLE CORPORATION,
`NETAPP INC. AND
`HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
`Petitioners,
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`CROSSROADS SYSTEMS, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2014-01209
`Patent 7,051,147
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`PATENT OWNER’S OBJECTIONS TO EVIDENCE
`PURSUANT TO 37 CFR § 42.64(B)(1)
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.64, Patent Owner submits the following
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`objections to certain evidence relied upon by Petitioner in its Reply Brief.
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`Objections to Exhibits 1224, 1225, and 1226
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`Patent Owner objects to exhibits 1224, 1225, and 1226 under FRE 401 and
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`402 on the grounds that they are irrelevant. Preliminary infringement allegations
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`are irrelevant and it is improper to construe claims with respect to accused
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`instrumentalities, which appears to be the purpose of these exhibits. Furthermore,
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`exhibit 1226 is not alleged to be prior art nor alleged to relate to instituted prior art.
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`Patent Owner further objects to exhibits 1224, 1225, and 1226 because, if
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`they were otherwise relevant, they would constitute unauthorized supplemental
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`information that does not comply with the requirements of 37 C.F.R. § 42.123.
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`Furthermore, these exhibits are not responsive to any allegation made in Patent
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`Owner’s response, and are therefore improper under 37 C.F.R. § 42.23(b). To the
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`extent that Petitioners intend to rely on an analogy between these exhibits and the
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`alleged prior art, such arguments, or any other arguments based on these exhibits,
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`should have been made in the original petition, as required by 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.23(a).
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`II. Objections to Exhibit 1227
`Patent Owner objects to exhibit 1227 under 37 CFR § 42.53 because it
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`constitutes uncompelled direct testimony that has not been submitted in the form of
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`an affidavit.
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`To the extent that exhibit 1227 constitutes the testimony of a lay witness,
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`Patent Owner objects to this exhibit under FRE 602 because Petitioners have failed
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`to provide evidence sufficient to show that the unknown declarant has personal
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`knowledge of the facts disclosed therein. Exhibit 1227 purports to be the result of
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`a survey and presumably contains data obtained from sources other than the
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`unknown declarant.
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`To the extent that exhibit 1227 constitutes expert testimony, Patent Owner
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`objects to this exhibit under FRE 703 because the evidence supporting the opinions
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`of the unknown declarant has not been disclosed. Exhibit 1227 purports to be the
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`result of a survey and it does not disclose the underlying data, the methodology
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`used to obtain it or any methodology used to validate the data. Furthermore,
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`Petitioners have failed to provide evidence sufficient to show that the unknown
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`declarant is qualified as an expert to make the assertions contained in this exhibit.
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`Patent Owner objects to exhibit 1227 under FRE 802 because it constitutes
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`inadmissible hearsay that does not fall under an exception. Petitioner is relying on
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`exhibit 1227 for the truth of the matters asserted in the exhibit, which are purported
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`to constitute the unsworn testimony of unidentified third parties. Patent Owner
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`further objects to exhibit 1227 as inadmissible hearsay because it appears to
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`constitute hearsay
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`testimony by
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`Corporation regarding the unsworn testimony of the American Intellectual
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`Property Law Association, which is itself inadmissible hearsay.
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`Petitioner further objects to exhibit 1227 under FRE 901 because Petitioner
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`has not produced evidence sufficient to authenticate this exhibit. Moreover, this
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`exhibit appears to have been altered by an unknown declarant.
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`III. Objections to Exhibit 1230
`Patent Owner objects to exhibit 1230 under 37 C.F.R. § 42.53 because it
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`constitutes uncompelled direct testimony that has not been submitted in the form of
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`an affidavit.
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`Patent Owner objects to Exhibit 1230 under FRE 401 and 402 on the
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`grounds that it is irrelevant. Exhibit 1230 purports to be a document from
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`December 2002, which is well after any relevant time period. Furthermore, exhibit
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`1230 is cited with respect to CMD Technologies, and thus does not relate to a
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`ground that was instituted in this inter partes review proceeding.
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`Patent Owner further objects to exhibit 1230 under FRE 802 on the grounds
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`that it constitutes inadmissible hearsay that does not fall under an exception.
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`Petitioners’ rely on exhibit 1230 for the truth of the matters asserted, namely that
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`“[d]espite its superior performance as a networked storage topology in SANs and
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`storage fabric applications, Fibre Channel has not seen wide adoption as a native
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`hard drive interface.”
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`Petitioner further objects to exhibit 1230 under FRE 901 because Petitioner
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`has not produced evidence sufficient to authenticate this exhibit.
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`Dated: August 28, 2015
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/John L. Adair/
`John L. Adair
`Registration No. 48,828
`Counsel for Patent Owner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies service of Patent Owner’s Objections to Evidence
`Pursuant to 37 CFR § 42.64(b)(1), on August 28, 2015 on counsel for Petitioner by
`e-mail pursuant to agreement at the following addresses:
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`Greg Gardella
`cpdocketgardella@oblon.com
`Scott McKeown
`cpdocketmckeown@oblon.com
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`Oblon
`1940 Duke Street
`Alexandria, VA 22314
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`By:
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` /John L. Adair /
`John L. Adair